I am having some problems with my antenna. It worked fine before. now I am missing some channels. There is a little plastic box that the RG6 attaches to (please see pic) I am wondering if that could be causing my problems and where can I get another one. I figure if I have to take the antenna down to check it I may as well replace it with another one, preferably a better quality one. As I recall there is a circuit board inside the plastic box with a couple of electronic components soldered to the board and a male RG6 is soldered to the board as well the whole thing screws to an aluminum bar in between the whiskers. You're advice will be much appreciated. Thanks much Jim.

That appears to be an Antennas Direct DB8 (not the newer DB8E). The box contains a network that transforms the 300Ω impedance of antenna to the 75Ω impedance of the coax, and also interfaces the balanced antenna output with the unbalanced coax.

I am having some problems with my antenna. It worked fine before. now I am missing some channels. There is a little plastic box that the RG6 attaches to (please see pic) I am wondering if that could be causing my problems and where can I get another one. I figure if I have to take the antenna down to check it I may as well replace it with another one, preferably a better quality one. As I recall there is a circuit board inside the plastic box with a couple of electronic components soldered to the board and a male RG6 is soldered to the board as well the whole thing screws to an aluminum bar in between the whiskers. You're advice will be much appreciated. Thanks much Jim.

I wonder if an ordinary balun could be used if customer service can't/won't send you a new one?

I'd be quite shocked if Antennas Direct didn't support their customer and back their product.

Technically however, a conventional balun (matching transformer) could be used. It would require a bit of DIY improvisation though, the OEM antenna / balun interface does not have the conventional terminals to connect the classic style twin-lead of the traditional balun.

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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)

Cool- you are a great company - I have a few of your products, surely many of us on the board do. I should have chosen a different phrase, in fact I was more interested in how that balun thing worked than resolving the OPs issue, that is, if a regular balun could be used.